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At its peak in the mid-1980s, KKOW was known in the Pittsburg, Kansas/Joplin, Missouri-area for gimmicks such as 30/30 news and 20/20 weather, the daily Grand Lake fishing report with elderly Oklahoma fisherman/storyteller Lee Jeffries, the giant fiberglass cow on a trailer for remote broadcasts (Burford the Hereford), and the K-Cowboy of the Day.
The Downs High School mascot was Dragons. [22] The Downs Dragons won the following Kansas State High School championships: 1938 Boys Basketball - Class B [23] 1950 Boys Basketball - Class B [23] 1988 Boys Cross Country - Class 2-1A [24] Previously the community had Downs Elementary School and Downs Junior High School. [25]
Paul Schramka, baseball player and funeral director (b. 1928) [34] Michael Seidenberg, writer and bookseller (b. 1954) [35] July 9 Miriam Butterworth, politician and educator (b. 1918) [36] William E. Dannemeyer, politician (b. 1929) [37] Phil Freelon, architect (b. 1952) [38] Glenn Mickens, baseball pitcher (b. 1930) [39]
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Tom Matchick, 78, baseball player (Detroit Tigers, Kansas City Royals, Milwaukee Brewers), World Series champion (b. 1943) [25] Darryl Owens , 84, politician, member of the Kentucky House of Representatives (2005–2019) (b. 1937) [ 26 ]
The building is located at 1901 Olathe Bouelevard and was established in the mid-1890s by Horatio W. and Mary Gates. [2] That Gates family was among the first licensed embalmers in the state, and they built this Neoclassical-style funeral home in 1922 to house their growing business.
Marylou Whitney (née Mary Louise Schroeder; December 24, 1925 – July 19, 2019) was an American socialite and philanthropist. A prominent owner and breeder of thoroughbred racehorses, Whitney was notable for "reigning for decades as the social queen of the Saratoga and Lexington racing seasons".
Lewis Bernard Krausse Jr. [1] (April 25, 1943 – February 16, 2021) was an American professional baseball pitcher who played 12 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). He played for the Kansas City / Oakland Athletics, Milwaukee Brewers, Boston Red Sox, St. Louis Cardinals, and Atlanta Braves from 1961 to 1974.